Cushioned horseshoe



NOV. 25,

C. M. SMITH cUsHIoNED HoRsEsHoE Filed Sept. 2, 1922 Patented Nov. 25, 1324.

CORA M. SMITH, OF BUFFALO, NEJV YORK.

CUSHIONED HORSESI-IOE.

Application filled September 2, 1922. Serial No. 585,982.

To all 1li/wm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cona M. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of 5 New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cushioned Horseshoes, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an anti-slipping horseshoe having a hardened calli-member l separate from the shoe proper, and more particularly to a cushioned shoe of this character.

lts object is to produce an inexpensive shoe of this kind which is light and yet l strong and durable in construction, which l can be adjusted by expansion and contraction within certain limits to lit hoofs of different sizes, and which assures the horse a good foothold and reduces slipping to a minimum.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side. elevation of the improved horseshoe applied to the animals hoof; Fig. 2 is a detached top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, with the cushioning pad removed; Fig. 4 is a. bottom plan view of the complete shoe; Fig. 5 is a similar View, but showing` the cushioning pad removed; Fig. 6 is a longi- Tll tudinal section on line 6-6, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 7 is a transverse section ou line 7 7,

Fig. 3.

Similar' characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several 35 views.

10 indicates a horseshoe ot the usual outline fastened to the aniinals hoof by ordinary horseshoe nails and having the customary toe clip 11. Projecting rearwardly from the front or toe portion of the horseshoe and located substantially in the plane thereof is a lug or bracket 12 which may be of substantially dovetail form, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The side edges of said`braeket are spaced or disconnected from the adjacent inner edges of the horseshoe, so that the side portions of the latter can be expanded and contracted relatively to the bracket to tit the hoofs of dierent sizes within certain limits.

Applied to the underside of the front portion of the horseshoe is a hardened hollow or box-like calk-member 13 having a comparatively narrow front salient portion 14 forming the toe-calk of the shoe, and substantially V-shaped salient side portions 15 which form non-slipping side calks Said# front calk is braced at its ends bythe forwardly-converging wall-portions 1G of the calk-member which are joined at their rea-r ends to the side calks 15. The rear walls of the side calks extend inwardly beyond the inner edge of the horseshoe as shown, and are connected at their rear ends by the transverse rear wall 16a of the calk structure.

This arrangement produces a very strongy and rigid construction, not liable to be bent out of shape under impact, thus insuring the animal a good foothold on the pavement and guarding against slipping.

The calk member mayy be secured to the bracket 12 of the horseshoe by rivets 17 or or other appropriate fastenings passing through the top plate 18 of the calk-member. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the rear wall of the calli-member is provided adjacent to its top plate with an opening 19 for a purpose. hereinafter described. e

Fastened at its front end to the call(- niember 13 is a reinforcing tongue or plate 20 which extends lengthwise of the shoe and terminates near its heel portions, the rear end of the tongue being free and disconnected from the heel portions, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, toallow' them to be expanded or contracted to fit different-sized hoofs, This tongue is fastened to the front part of the shoe by they rivets 17, or other suitable means, and it extends rearwardly through the opening 19 in the rear wall of the calk-member 13. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the front end of the tonguey 2O is provided on its upper side with bosses or projections 21, whereby t-he same is spaced from the top plate 18 of the calk-member.

To absorb the shocks and jars incident to the travel of the animal over hard pavements and also to prevent slipping, the hollow calk member and heel portions of the shoe are provided with rubber pads or cushions 22 which are molded in said member and about the tongue 20 at said heel portions, the toe pad being anchored in the intervening space formed between said tongue and the top plate of the calk member and also in an aperture 23 in the tongue. In order to reliably anchor the cushion to the heel portions of the shoe, the latter may be provided with substantially circular enlargements 24 having openings 25 for the passage of the rubber. As shown in Fig. 6, the toe and heel cushions' are preferably substantially flush' with the lower edge of the calk member, while the intervening rubber portion 26 between these cushions is recessed or raised above the surface of the-toe and heel cushions.

The hollow calk member 13 4is practicallyv self-sharpening, and its projecting front and side portions 14C, 15, eectively prevent rearward and side slipping, while the cushioned pads relieve the animal from jars upon hard pavements as well as aid in preventing sliping.

It will be noted that the calk member is l.fastened only to the dovetail bracket 12 of the shoe, the ends thereof 'which underlie the contiguous side portions of the shoe, being disconnected to permit the expansion and contraction of the shoe for fitting it to hoofs of different sizes, as hereinbefore described.,V

f Thetongue backs and stiilens the portion ofthe Yrubber pad between its toe and heel portions.

While furnishing a cushioned shoe of great strength in comparison with its weight, the improvement comprises comparatively few lparts and can be produced at a' correspondingly low cost.

I claim as my invention:

1. A horseshoe, having a bracket projecting rearwardly from itsk front portion, the sides of the bracket being disconnected from the opposing edges of the shoe, and a calkmember attached to said bracket and overlapping the side portions of the shoe.

2. A horseshoe, having a bracket projecting rearwardly from the front portion thereof, said bracket having its side edges spaced from the opposing inner edges of the shoe, a calk-meniber underlying said bracket and the adjacent front and side portions of said shoe, and means for fastening said calk-member to the bracket, those 1 ends'y of the calk-ineinber extending under theside portions of the shoe being detachedV therefrom to permit expansion and contraction of the shoe relative to said bracket and said calli-member.

3. A horseshoe having a hollow calli-mem,-

ber, comprising substantially V-shaped side calks, a relatively narrow front calk arranged forward or' said side calks, the front walls of said side calks converging forwardly and bracing the ends of the front calk, the rear walls of the side calks eX- tending inwardly beyond the inner edge of the horseshoe, and a transverse rear wall connecting the rear ends of said rear walls.

4. A horseshoe having a hollow box-like calk-member attached to the underside of its toe portion, said calk-member being closed at its top by a plate, a reinforcing tongue having its front Aportion secured withiny said calk-member and spaced from said topplate, the rear end of said tongue being detachcd from the heel portions of the shoe to permit expansion and contractionfof the latter; and a cushioning padl applied to said hollow calk-member, said tongue, and the heel portions of the shoe.

5. A horseshoe, having a bracket projecting rearwardly from its front part, a hollow calli-member applied to said bracket, a

tongue arranged lengthwise of the shoe and connected at its front end to said calk-member and terminating short of thev rear heel portions of the shoe, the front portion of said tongue being provided with bosses4 for spacing it from the top-plate of the calkmember, and cushioning pads applied 'to the latter and the heel `portions of the shoe, said pads being molded around said tongue and in the space between the top plate of said calk-inember and said tongue.

G. A horseshoe, having a bracket projecting rearwardly from itsk front portion and substantially circular enlargements extending inwardly from its heel portions, a calkmember secured to said bracket, a reinforcing tongue arranged lengthwise of the shoe and connected at its front end to said calkmember and its other end terminating short of said shoe enlargements and disconnected therefrom, and cushioning padsapplied to said calk-member and saidl enlargements and molded about saidl tongue.

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